Tamara Dietrich

Writer

Tamara is a senior writer covering science and the environment in Hampton Roads. Previously, she was a metro columnist with the East Valley Tribune in Mesa, Ariz. In a career spanning 20 years, she has won numerous journalism awards for news, feature and column writing. She has been a city reporter, features editor and writer, and Sunday editor. She was born in Germany and raised in western Maryland, and holds a bachelor of arts in English/creative writing from the University of New Mexico.

Recent Articles

An Isle of Wight man was arraigned Wednesday morning in General District Court on a felony bomb-related charge and is being held without bond in Western Tidewater Regional Jail in Suffolk. Paul Longoria, 32, was arrested by sheriff’s deputies late Tuesday during a 12-hour raid on his home in the...

As NASA gears up for a crewed mission to the Martian system in the 2030s, or exploring the moon even sooner, one former chief of flight medicine at the Johnson Space Center has an important message: not so fast. Astronauts will face real biomedical risks in deep space, especially on long-duration...

Virginia’s foray into offshore wind power got a lift Wednesday when Gov. Ralph Northam announced international energy consultant BVG Associates was hired to leverage the state as a coastal leader for the industry. And BVG’s Advisory Director Andy Geissbuehler wasted no time in getting to work. ...

Regardless whether Jefferson Lab ultimately snags the eagerly anticipated $1 billion electron ion collider (EIC), some of the best minds in science officially agree the country needs to build it somewhere. On Tuesday, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine released its report...

Offshore wind power has blown hot and cold in Virginia, but could get a boost Wednesday when the governor’s office expects to introduce the global consultant it’s chosen to help position the state as a major contender. The announcement is planned as part of a public presentation and listening session...

Virginia Sens. Tim Kaine and Mark Warner say they’ll oppose any effort in the Senate to undermine years of progress made in restoring the Chesapeake Bay after the House passed a measure to muzzle cleanup enforcement. That measure, part of an appropriations package, would forbid the U.S. Environmental...

HARTFIELD — The “Capt. Ellery” cruised to a designated spot on the lower Piankatank River on the Middle Peninsula on Wednesday and, on cue, raised seven scupper drains on the starboard side and seven on the port. A deckhand manning a water “cannon” aimed at the edges of a 50-ton pile of crushed...

A measure that would hobble enforcement of Chesapeake Bay cleanup is set for a House floor vote this week, after passing out of the Rules Committee late Monday. The measure was introduced by U.S. Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-Roanoke, and would forbid using federal funds to take action against bay states...